Hello mamas,
I'm Angela, and I cannot stay on tract. I need help with my food budget, bill paying, and getting organized. We are a family of 11: 2 adults, 9 kids. No one is BF. What can I do to cut down on my food expenses? I will have 847 in FS, but only want to spend about 500 a month. The kids will be in a summer program, so they will get two of their meals away from home. I work in a grocery store deli so not making much. DH is out of work for now, but will be starting soon, in about a month.

My house is a disaster area. Laundry all over the place, chores not being done, kids lazing about. I need to get them back in the spirit of things.

TIA

love and blessings
angie

Hillbilly Housewife (http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com) has a ton of great ideas. She's also Christian and has scriptures mixed in, but even if that's not your bag, the information is fantastic. Cheap yummy recipes and shopping tips.

So if you don't use the extra foodstamps, can you save them up? Or are you just going to get less?

Kerri

Hey Kerri,
Thanks for the link. I checked it out and will be trying very hard to impliment the ideas in May. The food stamps come on a card, kinda like a debit card. I can save them up, but at some point they will be going down. I just went back to work in March.

love and blessings
angie